senbarba

Esperanto

Etymology

From sen- (“without”) +‎ barbo (“beard”) +‎ -a (adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [senˈbarba]
• Rhymes: -arba
• Hyphenation: sen‧bar‧ba

Adjective

senbarba (accusative singular senbarban, plural senbarbaj, accusative plural senbarbajn)

1. beardless
   • 2015 [1966], J. R. R. Tolkien, chapter 1, in Christopher Gledhill, transl., La Hobito [The Hobbit] (hardcover), Scotland: Evertype, →ISBN, page 2:

     Hobitoj estas senbarbaj.

     Hobbits are beardless.

Related terms

• barba (“bearded”)